Legal Opinion
Rothschild v. State of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 10, 1975No. 75 Civ. 270 (HFW)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
WERKER, District Judge.
The petitioner is a former New York City policeman convicted in New York Supreme Court of grand larceny in the first degree and attempted grand larce ny, both by extortion. 1 His conviction 2 was unanimously affirmed by both the Appellate Division of that court 3 and by the New York Court of Appeals. 4 The gravamen of the petition for writ of habeas corpus is that the trial court committed errors of constitutional proportions in permitting the prosecutor to bring out on Rothschild’s cross-examination his “good intentions” in doing the acts alleged to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- John Allen Minor v. Harold E. Black, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- State v. RiveraHawaii Supreme Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CaldronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Ramos v. SeidlDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
- Taylor v. DalsheimDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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